Gruesome manslaughter punished with 8 years of imprisonment
PHILIPSBURG – The court n first Instance sentenced Lemar Akin Rogers on Wednesday afternoon to 8 years of imprisonment for the gruesome manslaughter on Reggie Andrews on September 17, 2017. The public prosecutor More...
Drugs mule gets 24 months
PHILIPSBURG – The court in first Instance sentenced drugs mule Orlando Cyril Overman on Wednesday to a 24-month prison term, with 14 months suspended and 3 years of probation. The public prosecutor had demanded More...
Hypnotic manager sentenced to 24 months in court
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced J.P. on Wednesday morning to 24 months of imprisonment, with 12 months suspended and 2 years of probation. P.’s pretrial detention remains suspended until More...
Robber sentenced to 4 years for bank robbery
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced Sheldon Elroy Ludovico Williams to 4 years of imprisonment for his role in an armed robbery at the Scotia Bank in Simpson Bay on June 9 of last year. At the More...
Drugs mule gets 18 months
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced Juan Eugenio Martis to 18 months of imprisonment with 9 months suspended and 3 years of probation for smuggling 83 bolitas containing a kilo of cocaine from More...
Man sentenced to six months and mental health treatment
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance handled a number of minor cases on Wednesday morning, including that of Camille Alvirio Schut, 28, who was sentenced to 6 months of imprisonment, with 2 months conditional More...
Tearful looter sent to prison
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced a tearful Samantha Pereira to 3 weeks in prison for looting electronics that belonged to Boolchand’s between September 5 and September 27 of last year. The More...
Five years for bank robbery
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced two men who robbed the Scotiabank in Simpson Bay on June 9 of last year to five years of imprisonment on Wednesday. A third man received a 4-year sentence. The More...
Former MP Illidge sentenced for bribery
PHILIPSBURG – The Common Court of Justice sentenced former member of Parliament Patrick Illidge on Wednesday to 16 months of imprisonment for accepting bribes from Bada Bing owner Jaap van den Heuvel. Of the sentence, More...
Man gets 12 months for firearm possession
PHILIPSBURG – An anonymous tip set the police on September 26 on the trail of Agropino Ambrocio Ash. During a search of his father’s house at Grenada Road where he stayed, police found DVD-players in their More...